The Ministry of Finance announced on Friday [24 November 2017] cuts in import tariffs on some consumer products starting from December. The reduction of import tariffs will affect 187 tariff codes, including on food, health supplements, pharmaceuticals, garments and recreational products, and the average rate will drop to 7.7 percent from 17.3 percent, according to

Chile is looking to boost its cranberry exports to China, according to the country’s ambassador to Beijing, Jorge Heine. “Cranberries have been one of the great successes of our fruit exports,” Heine wrote in a recent article headlined “Betting on our Super Fruit in China.”…Full Article: ECNS.cn Sept 2016 Key Points As of 2016, Chile

Thanksgiving in the US means cranberry consumption – about 20 percent of all US cranberry consumption is done during the holidays – and a new certificate issued to US cranberry growers means that the red berry will have an easier time making it to China as well, where demand for cranberry has grown dramatically in

The Cranberry Marketing Committee USA (CMC) has outlined China as a key target for its cranberry exports this season. China’s imports of US cranberries rose 104 per cent during the 2014 season, up 3m pounds (1,360 tonnes) from the previous September-August season…Full Article: FruitNet.com Nov 2014 Key Point Recently, the USDA helped fund a visit

It’s a deep red berry used for food, dye and medicine. It’s indigenous to North America only. It has become a mainstay of the annual US Thanksgiving Day feast. And many countries — including China — don’t even have a name for it. But this year more than 2 million pounds of products from that